North Carolina School Not Allowed To Require Skirts For Female Students

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School uniforms, some love them and some hate them. When it comes to dress codes it's largely discussed that restrictions are higher on girls than on the guys. But maybe this is a step towards change. A North Carolina school can no longer require female students to wear skirts, a federal appeals court has ruled.

In a decision handed down on Tuesday, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Leland's Charter Day School violated students' equal protection rights by forcing them to wear skirts to class. The ruling overturns a previous court decision that supported the requirement after determining charter schools aren't subject to the same rules as public schools. The lawsuit was filed by parents who said the skirt requirement put their daughters at a disadvantage.

"I’m glad the girls at Charter Day School will now be able to learn, move and play on equal terms as the boys in school," says parent Bonnie Peltier, one of the plaintiffs in the case. "In 2022, girls shouldn’t have to decide between wearing something that makes them uncomfortable or missing classroom instruction time." In North Carolina, a public school has not been able to require female students to wear skirts for years. This case, involving a charter school essentially named the institutions as "state actors". Under that ruling, they would also be subject to the Constitution's equal protection clause.

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Education is one of the hottest and most divisive topics in the country right now. Between the mask requirements, vaccine requirements, online schooling, critical race theory, school safety concerns, and more parents are struggling with finding the option that works best for their families. Factor in the pressure of getting in a good college and the pressure to make the correct decision can seem daunting. I know of several families who have elected to go with homeschooling just in the past two years. Others are pulling their kids from public school and opting for some of the many North Carolina Private Schools. There is no one size fits all solution, but as a parent, it's important to know what's out there.

Stacker recently compiled a list of what they consider to be the best North Carolina private high schools. To do this they used rankings from Niche. So which high schools made the cut?

Here's the top 25 North Carolina Private High Schools:

25. Woodlawn School

Location: Mooresville, NC

Enrollment: 205 Students

8:1 student to teacher ratio

Grade Levels: K-12

Religious Affiliation: n/a

North Carolina School Not Allowed To Require Skirts For Female Students

School uniforms, some love them and some hate them. When it comes to dress codes it’s largely discussed that restrictions are higher on girls than on the guys. But maybe…

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25. Woodlawn School

24. The Oakwood School

23. Camelot Academy

22. Cary Christian School

21. Carolina Friends School

20. Cannon School

19. Saint Mary's School

18. Carolina Day School

17. Fayetteville Academy

16. Wayne Country Day School

15. Trinity School of Durham & Chapel Hill

14. Christ School

13. St. David's School

12. Cape Fear Academy

11. Forsyth Country Day School

10. Greensboro Day School

9. Gaston Day School

8. Salem Academy

7. Charlotte Latin School

6. Charlotte Country Day School

5. Asheville School

4. Ravenscroft School

3. Providence Day School

2. Durham Academy

1. Cary Academy

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